Abstract

Two organic-inorganic hybrid antimony(III) chlorides, namely (C9H26N3)2Sb4Cl18 (1) and (C9H26N3)SbCl6 (2), were prepared using a facile solvent evaporation method. They have low-dimensional structures constructed from SbCl6 octahedra and triply protonated N,N,N',N'',N''-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine cations. The organic cations exhibit different conformations in the two compounds. Compound 1 crystallizes in the centrosymmetric space group P1̄, while compound 2 crystallizes in the noncentrosymmetric space group Pca21. Notably, compound 2 exhibits a moderate second harmonic generation (SHG) response of about 1.3 times that of KH2PO4 (KDP) under 1064 nm laser irradiation. Meanwhile, this compound displays green-yellow luminescence under 342 nm ultraviolet light irradiation, indicating its potential as a bifunctional optical material. Theoretical calculations based on density functional theory were also performed to gain insights into the correlation between their structures and optical properties.

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